Oracle's Larry Ellison (Left) and his son David Ellison (right). Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP

He may be 81-years old, but Oracle chairman and mega-billionaire Larry Ellison, a database technology pioneer and a mainstay of Silicon Valley for five decades, is at the peak of his influence, wealth and political power.

He is leading a group of investors who will buy and oversee the bulk of TikTok’s US assets , affirmed by an executive order President Donald Trump signed on Thursday. He is backing his son David’s massive ambitions to become one of the country’s top media moguls. And earlier this month, Ellison briefly became the richest person in the world , eclipsing Elon Musk, as Oracle’s stock exploded on its prognostications for its booming AI business.

Ellison is cementing his plac

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